I bought this board because I am building a DAQ system based off some of the components on this board.\u00a0 I also wanted to build up some familiarity with the Xilinx EDK\/SDK tool flow.\u00a0 The kit came with a Xilinx ISE s\/w license for embedded development.\u00a0 However, I learned it was only for the software side (SDK) not the EDK which is needed for changing the microcontroller configuration.\u00a0 So with the included s\/w you can only change the application code for the microcontroller.\u00a0 Using the regular webpack ISE you can write code for the FPGA in VHDL or Verilog, but you can’t instantiate a Microblaze core.\u00a0 The EDK is an additional $500 option if you want to work with the microcontroller configuration.\u00a0 What’s a bit frustrating is the design\/tutorial files on the AVNET site have several EDK tutorial examples.\u00a0 They’ve now included a (EDK required) warning behind those tutorials that require the purchase of additionals s\/w.\u00a0\u00a0 The SDK license is also locked to that particular board so you can’t use it on your own designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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